120 YEARS AGOThursday, August 23, 1906from the Mathews Journal Susan correspondent reports: There was a railroad accident on Diggs Wharf last week. The car that is used to convey the freight from the pierhead to the shore being improperly loaded, and a young man mounting on the top to keep it steady; the rails not being perfectly level, it began to shake and dumped itself in the river. Casualties: Mr. Walter Carran unceremoniously baptized by immersion, two barrels of lime converted to whitewash, two barrels of sugar brine washed, one trunk damaged to the extent of $57, one graphaphone water soaked. I do not know the extent of damage on that. 110 YEARS AGOThursday, August 17, 1916from the Mathews Journal Editorial: For a long time, there existed the necessity for a quicker mail service between this place and West Point. Mail which leaves Richmond one day does not reach here until the following night. Often, on account of its late arrival, it is not gotten out of the office until the mo...